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Job Description
Peer Specialist
Salary: $20,012/year
This is a half time position.
Job Location:
Peer Support Services
Fulton State Hospital
600 East Fifth Street
Fulton, MO 65251
Why you’ll love this position:
Fulton State Hospital is a community of caring, skilled people, partnering with individuals challenged by mental illness to inspire healing and recovery. Through Respect, Encouragement, Compassion, Opportunity, Value, Excellence, and Responsiveness, YOU will contribute to individuals’ recovery and positively impact those you serve.
A peer support worker is someone with the lived experience of recovery from a mental health condition, substance use disorder, or both. They provide support to others experiencing similar challenges. You get to help peers grow and recover in a trauma informed setting, while working in a friendly office area, with enthusiasm, kindness, and support.
What you’ll do:
• Assist clients within high and minimum-security settings to get in touch with what they think would improve their quality of life
• Assist clients identify and remove the barriers to achieving their quality of life
• Maintain professional boundaries
• Share appropriate pieces of your personal recovery story
• Model successful recovery behaviors
• Attend treatment team and other meetings to provide support for clients you are serving
• Participate in hospital committees, ensuring the client/peer voice is heard
Minimum Qualifications
• Meet requirements to become a Missouri Certified Peer Specialist
• Demonstrate a significant length of time and progress in personal recovery (mental illness and/or substance use)
Preferred Qualifications
• Currently a Missouri Certified Peer Specialist
• Excellent listening and communication skills
• Lived experience with trauma or training related to trauma
The State of Missouri offers an excellent benefits package that includes a defined pension plan, generous amounts of leave and holiday time, and eligibility for health insurance coverage. Your total compensation is more than the dollars you receive in your paycheck. To help demonstrate the value of working for the State of Missouri, we have created an interactive Total Compensation Calculator. This tool provides a comprehensive view of benefits and more that are offered to prospective employees. The Total Compensation Calculator and other applicant resources can be found here .
If you have questions about this position please contact:
Alexey Nikitin, Organizational Engagement Officer, at Alexey.Nikitin@dmh.mo.gov
The State of Missouri is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. -
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